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Harris County, Texas, 1857
    Record Data
    Place Unit Type
    City or Town
    Containing Unit
    Harris County, TX
    Events
    Date Type
    01/09/1858 Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide in Houston Personal
    09/28/1860 In Texas, a coastal steamboat bursts its boilers with heavy loss of life Crime/Disasters
    01/16/1860 Largest cotton warehouse in Houston, Texas burns to the ground Crime/Disasters
    03/10/1860 Much of downtown Houston, Texas again ravaged by fire Crime/Disasters
    03/23/1853 Steamboat from Houston suffers fatal explosion in Galveston Bay Crime/Disasters
    People
    Burial Place of

    Borland, Solon

    Solon Borland, detail

    Oldham, Williamson Simpson

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    Documents
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    Houston, Texas, October 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

    Houston, Texas, October 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

    How to Cite This Page: "Houston, TX," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/20602.

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